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The main objective was to provide an independent assessment on the contribution of EU external action support in the policy area of gender equality and women empowerment (GEWE). This evaluation sought to be a stock- taking lesson-learning and forward-looking exercise, as well as an accurate assessment of achieved results in line with the objectives of the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) II and other relevant overall policy frameworks such as the new approach on Women, Peace and Security Agenda, Agenda 2030, the New European Consensus for Development.

This evaluation assessed the WFP Fresh Food Voucher (FFV) programme in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The programme sought to improve the dietary diversity of pregnant and lactating women and children aged 6-23 months and stimulate the local fresh food market, inter alia, through the provision of mobile money vouchers redeemable for fresh foods at retailer traders.
This endline evaluation covered the period January 2018 to December 2020 and served the double purpose of accountability (performance and result assessment) and learning (why certain results occurred or not, lessons and good practices).
For this purpose, the evaluation team conducted a quantitative phone survey among more than 1,300 FFV beneficiary households and 140 traders, qualitative interviews and desk review. The analysis addressed the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability, and mainstreamed gender throughout.
The final report has been published at: https://www.wfp.org/publications/ethiopia-support-strengthening-resilience-vulnerable-groups-fresh-food-voucher

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent assessment and evidence on the contribution of EU external action support in aspects of the policy area of migration. Its specific objectives are the following:

• To assess in both qualitative and quantitative terms the relevance, conditions of implementation and performance of EU external action support to migration;
• To address coherence of the EU external action projects/programmes framed also in the international context (e.g. UN related and non EU Member States) and achievement by the EU and the candidate countries for EU membership, the potential candidates and the partner countries of their respective commitments in these policy areas.
• To assess how EU external action support in the area of migration in the geographical focal areas, has changed in the aftermath of the 2015 structural shift associated with the so-called “refugee crisis.”
• To assess whether the EU's policy and operational response to the external dimension on migration triggered new approaches and rendered programmes and actions more effective, targeted and efficient.

The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union and the interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the Environmental Diplomacy project, paying particular attention to its intermediate results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results;
• key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions.

The general objective of the project of which this market is part is to contribute to an active role of the DRC in the processes of negotiation, development of policies and the implementation of commitments within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The overall objective of lot 2 Framework Contract was to provide, as defined via individual assignments and contracted through specific contracts, short-term expertise to support electoral processes in partner countries.

This project is a continuation of the journalist training project which was part of the previous Regional Communication programme. It aims at contributing via the training of journalists and media professionals and the support to production of audio-visual and on-line material (i) to the development of independent media in the Neighbourhood and (ii) to a more accurate presentation of the EU policies and support to the region by the media as well as a better understanding of these policies and support and of their impact in the partner countries of the Neighbourhood area by the general public.

The Evaluation Management Services (EMS) was a service contract which consisted in the implementation of strategic level and policy evaluations, meta-evaluations and syntheses of centralized and decentralized evaluations for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA). It corresponded to a new commissioning model that is based on evaluation services commissioned to one service provider rather than outsourcing the implementation of each evaluation as a single assignment. The purpose of this assignment was to increase the quality of outsourced evaluations and also to increase flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Finland in planning and commissioning evaluations. In addition to a number of decentralised evaluations from various geographical units, all MFA centralised evaluations were prepared and implemented through the EMS.

The project 'Irrigation Infrastructure for Organic Sugarcane' was funded by the Development Related Infrastructure Investment Vehicle (DRIVE) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. It was located in the Chemba district of Mozambique and aimed to put an agricultural infrastructure in place for small-scale farmers to sustainably grow high-quality organic sugarcane and food crops for enhanced income and food security.
The purposes of the evaluation were accountability and learning through insight into the nature and magnitude of effects attributable to the Chemba project. The evaluation determined whether the project contributed to private sector and human development. It used a mixed-methods contribution analysis that triangulated primary and secondary data, which were collected and analysed through a literature review, a household survey, and qualitative stakeholder consultations.

This evaluation focussed on the priority area 2 of Finnish development policy, "Economy and Jobs", which aims to reinforce economies in developing countries to increase job creation, livelihoods and wellbeing. The evaluation assessed to what extent the objectives of the priority area on Economy and Jobs have been achieved, what the MFA can learn from its peer organizations and how to further develop its effectiveness.